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1stCcr?s,  Army  of  thk  Potomac,       V 
Fairfax  C.  H.,  Octobers,  1861.  ) 
GENEBAL  ORDERS, 

No.  61. 

I.  The  following  regulations  concerning  the  care,  supply,  and  attribu- 
tion of  ammunition  will  hereafter  be  complied  with  by  all  concerned  : 

I.  Each  soldier  will  be  required  fd  have,  and  to  keep  his  cartridge-box 
full,  with  at  least,  a  corresponding  supply  of  caps  in  his  pouch  ;  to  which 
end,  captains  of  companies  will  make  frequent  inspections,  and,  the  com- 
manding officers  oi  regiments  will  also  be  expected  to  see  that  this  is  ob- 
served. 

*j.  In  addition,  riot  tnote  than  one  box  for  earh  company,  of  a  thousand 
rounds  of  cartridges,  Will  be  kept  on  hand  by  any  regiment.  These  boie? 
mu-t  be  kept  in  the  company  wagons,  and  a11  p*M  issues  will  be  math' 
therefrom  ;  that  is.  for  burial  parties  daily  gueM,     le  shooting  of  beevel 

A,-..    &C. 

.»' .  The  supply  i*  the  caftridge-boies  must  never  be  touched  except  in 
action  with  the  enemy. 

4.  All  small  arms  ammunition,  except  as  prescribed  above,  and  all 
means  of  transportation  therefor  now  on  hand  in  any  regiment  or  brigade, 
will  lie  immediately  turned  over  to  the  Chief  of  Ordinance,  whose  duty  it 
shall  be  to  hold  a  sufficient  battle  reserve  supply  always  ready. 

">.  Captains  or  commanders  of  Light  Batteries,  will  as  far  as  practicable, 
keen  their  limbers  and  caisons  always  full 

6.  All  officers  will  b?  careful  in  the  prefer vatio'h'  of  empty  ammunition 
boxes  and  notify  the  Cnief  of  Ordinance  of  having  such  on  hand. 

IT.  Division  and  Brigade  conmiafiders  will  report  twice  a  month  through 
the  Chief  of  Ordinance  at  these  head  quarters  the  amount  of  aromuniii«iiiu 
their  respective  commands,  inclusive  of  that  in   cartridge-boxes. 

11L  The  commanders  Of  all  Light  Batteries  will  render  to  the  Chief  of 
Artillery  of  this  Army  Corps,  on  the  1st  and  15th  of  each  month  a  return 
of  his  hatlery  according  to  prescribed  forms. 

By  command  of  Gen'l.   Beauregard. 

THOMAS  JORDAN,  A.  A.  Gcn'l. 
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